Its 2012 friends! Will 2012 be the end of the world? I doubt so, then again I could be wrong :P. Its great to start a new year fresh! I don’t have a new years revolution set but I do have goals that I want to achieve in 2012. I was able to achieve some last year and I’m making 2012 my “redemption year”. What about you? Whatever you’ve decided or plan to achieve, I’m going to say something which may sound cliche...... just do it, better yet do it TODAY. In my honest opinion, there is no perfect time to “start” except NOW. … [Read more...] about Failure is not doing
33 ways to reward your customers
Last week I wrote a post on how you can humanize your social media presence. One of the methods that I recommended was rewarding your customers. Sophia.C commented and shared her thoughts that rewarding customers is tough because small businesses have a limited budget. True, you shouldn't blow your budget. Little things means a lot in my honest opinion, its the small things that makes a big difference. Some ideas won't cost you a lot, if they do, you could always do them on a smaller scale. Here is a list that I have complied with the help of some of my friends from Google+, Facebook and Twitter. … [Read more...] about 33 ways to reward your customers
8 ways to humanize your business on social media
I had a conversation with one of my friends on twitter. We were discussing about the importance of humanizing a brand on the social web, sadly not many businesses are taking the opportunity to do it. Some of them treats it as another advertising medium to promote and sell their bad product. Yesterday, I wrote a couple of methods that brands can use to humanize their brand on Facebook, so I decided to take them and convert it into a picture. (my photoshop skills needs tons of improvement). … [Read more...] about 8 ways to humanize your business on social media
How to create your own creative QR Code
For those who doesn’t know what a QR code is, here is a quick introduction, a QR or “quick responds” code is an encoded information in a coded form readable with the help of a QR-readers. Its like a barcode of a product, and the counter scanner scans the barcode to get the price, while in this case the encoded information. QR codes are everywhere these days, you’ll see it while window shopping, reading the newspapers in the morning, on a bottle, contest (scan to win), and t-shirts. Its everywhere! Some question whether QR codes are even useful. That is a debate that I would love to talk about in the future post, however this post is more about designing your QR code, making it different or standout. … [Read more...] about How to create your own creative QR Code
Buffer and Facebook: Great marriage in a making?
I now pronounce you Facebook and Buffer. Yeap! If you don’t know yet, Buffer has just announced their latest integration with Facebook right after their Android release. You can be sure that the iphone, linkedin and google+ integration will be out soon. I remember when the first time @LeoWid contacted me through email and commented on this blog, he shared with me what he planned to achieve with buffer and shared a photo of it too. (YES Leo, i saved it and yes i remembered it) … [Read more...] about Buffer and Facebook: Great marriage in a making?
The Five Smartest Kinds Of Twitter Users Which Ones Are You Most Like?
The following is a guest post by Dave Larson aka @tweetsmarter on twitter. Dave is someone who i have my utmost respect for on twitter. For the past 4 years, Dave has answered and helped thousands of Twitter users worldwide. Enjoy! There are a lot of smart ways to use Twitter. And there are a lot of fun kinds of people to follow—comedians, family, friends, and so forth. But which kind of users make best advantage of all the social networking site like Twitter has to offer? While it's hard to break the wide diversity of users into narrow categories, there are a few common types that are worth knowing and learning from. However, most of the people you will meet will be a combination of several of these types: … [Read more...] about The Five Smartest Kinds Of Twitter Users Which Ones Are You Most Like?